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缅甸

緬甸
Miǎn diàn

Meanings

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Miǎn diàn
  1. 1.Myanmar (or Burma)

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  1. 1.Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)

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Etymology

A traditional view on the meaning of 緬/缅 (miǎn) is "far, remote" in Chinese, but a more convincing suggestion is that the syllable 緬/缅 (miǎn) is contracted from Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma, “Myanmar”). The last syllable 甸 (diàn) is possibly from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:, “country, province”).

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